On the Christian Golden Rule

There is a place for pure analytical reason and logic, and there is a time to put such thought processes aside. I studied ethics in college, and it took me a long time to figure out that ethics is not a strictly axiomatic enterprise. Forgive me, so I am an idiot.

That said, there are such things as moral absolutes. For example, it is immoral to skin a human being alive for the sake of pleasure. I don't think any rational person would want to argue with me about that. The point of stating that is to demonstrate that moral truth is a valid concept (much to the chagrin of moral relativists and moral nihilists). It is, however, a difficult concept. We have made some progress over the past several thousand years (e.g. we no longer crucify people for blasphemy), but we still have a ways to go. In my opinion, the existence of moral truth is certain, its expression, however, varies: sometimes it is crystal clear, yet other times it is blurred and fuzzy.